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Wooden mask, polychrome, with sockets for missing ear-pieces, representing red-faced demon with hooded cobra headdress, associated with Kolam or tivil ceremonies, Sri lanka, 1771-1910
Details
- Category:
- Asian Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A49105
- Materials:
- incomplete and wood (kadura or ruk-attana)
- Measurements:
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overall: 403 mm x 254 mm
- type:
- mask
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)
